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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Tamotsu Yamashita, Shiga, JP;
Taihei Yokoyama, Shiga, JP;
Tamotsu Yamashita, Shiga, JP;
Taihei Yokoyama, Shiga, JP;
Suiken Co., Ltd., Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A non-bolt joint structure comprising; a packing ring sealing between a receiving opening section and an insertion opening section; an engaging means provided with an inner circumference of the receiving opening section preventing a polyethylene pipe from disengaging from the receiving opening section by engaging with an outer circumferential surface of the polyethylene pipe; and a tubular metallic inner core fitting an inner circumference of the insertion opening section of the polyethylene pipe, wherein the inner core is plastically deformed to include a first bulge portion that its cross-sectional shape bulges toward an outward radial direction, a second bulge portion is formed so that the insertion opening section of the polyethylene pipe bulges toward the outward radial direction along the first bulge portion of the inner core, and the polyethylene pipe is prevented from disengaging by the engaging means engaging with the outer circumferential surface of the second bulge portion.